The hand over of the internet is scheduled for October 1, 2016 - the transfer of oversight of the nonprofit Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers [ICANN], is expected to go forward unless the US Congress votes to block it

9-22-16, Jerusalem Post -- The planned transition of oversight of the internet's technical management from the US government to a global community of stakeholders, is opposed by Donald Trump; he said: ​Congress should block the handover, scheduled to occur on Oct. 1, "or internet freedom will be lost for good, since there will be no way to make it great again once it is lost. Ted Cruz also has been fighting to block it fearing that some wicked 'actor' could interfere with it ... but ... Technical experts have said those claims are baseless, and that a delay will backfire by undermining US credibility in future international negotiations over internet standards and security. [Yeah, and Clinton said North Korea wouldn't get a nuke!]

A vote to delay the transition may come as an amendment to a temporary spending bill that Congress must pass by Sept. 30 to prevent much of the federal government from shutting down. More